However, there is zero doubt that the trustee is the legal owner, and piercing a trust arrangement is very difficult. Trusts have been established for centuries and are accepted widely.
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The trust which is Non European is the legal owner so no problem there we then come to the operator?
The PPL flying a Cirrus would be classified as the operator unless He/she secures a third party operator?
It all comes down to the definition of operator which may not be as clear on a one man band show as in a larger aircraft where it is common practice to use an outside operator while having the crew seperate.
Whether using a facility in the IOM on the IOM reg classified as an "operator" but in reality a routing system would suffice who knows.
Regardless I could see many court cases.
We should do what the french have always done. 10000 N reg pilots all ignoring the law and refusing to accept or acknowledge that law would cause pandemonium and a relook at the whole thing but we are not the french.
As one poster put it we shouldl just lie down and be raped with a smile on our faces in gratitude to the rapist
Face it my proposal of a mass petition generated through the huge focus of PPRUNE and its thousands of aviation enthusiasts hardly generated any interest?
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